Costco Doesn’t Want You To Know How It Keeps It’s $4.99 Rotisserie Chicken So Cheap, But You Might Want To

Costco’s going to great lengths to keep its rotisserie chicken ultra cheap, including opening its own mega-sized factory farm, but the company is passing on hidden costs to its customers and society at large.

With over 91 million sold last year and their own Facebook fan page with 13,000 likes, Costco’s $4.99 rotisserie chickens have become “almost a cult item,” CNN reports.

But does anyone ever wonder how they can sell a whole, cooked chicken for $5?

Imagine the costs of raising a chicken from birth to death — hatching it, feeding it, housing it, medicating it, slaughtering it, packaging it, shipping it, storing it, cooking it and sending it through the checkout line.

How in the heck can they do that for just $5?

You probably don’t want to think about it, but… then again… you might want to… because it could have dire consequences on your health…